COVID-19 vaccine availability likely in next week in Pakistan: Dr Faisal.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan Thursday said the COVID-19 vaccine availability was expected in next week in Pakistan.

Giving briefing on the COVID-19 vaccine national plan to the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal assured the committee that the COVID-19 vaccine would be made available free of charge for the people.

He added the government of China would provide free 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan. He said all available resources were being utilized to ensure provision of safe vaccine for country's people as arranging vaccine for large population was not an easy task, he added.

He said at first stage only frontline health workers would be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine while citizens of above 60 years would also be given priority.

He added so far 400,000 health workers had been registered for the vaccination and software had been developed besides resource management system to streamline the registration...